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Cox Communications Enhances Customers' Digital Experience with New Subscription on Demand Programming Line Up; Cox to add WWE 24/7, here! and Anime to On Demand Library.


ATLANTA -- Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6.  announced today that it is adding three new subscription video on demand services to its On Demand library. Digital cable customers in select Cox markets will soon have access to even more On Demand content with the addition of Anime Network On Demand, here! and WWE WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (formerly World Wrestling Federation)
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 24/7(R). These subscription services are available for $6.95 each per month. Content will begin rolling out in select markets at the end of March.

Anime Network is the first channel in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  dedicated to the growing cultural phenomenon of Japanese animation. Subscribers can receive 25 hours of original programming, with new content added every week.

Digital cable customers can have access to 30 hours of programming from here! including original feature-length films and series and selections from the world's largest gay and lesbian film library.

All of its critically acclaimed content will be targeted to a broad-based gay and lesbian audience.

WWE 24/7 includes the best of World Wrestling Entertainment's past cable, broadcast, Pay-Per-View and home videos, from WWE and other leading promoters. Subscribers can access programming including marquee attractions like WrestleMania and Monday Night War. Also included are new original short- and long-form programs.

"We're excited to announce the availability of this new subscription On Demand content," said Bob Wilson Bob Wilson is the name of:
  • Bob Wilson (footballer) (born 30 October 1941 in Chesterfield, England), a former goalkeeper for Arsenal and broadcaster
  • Bob Wilson (cartoonist) is a caroonist and author of the Stanley Bagshaw series of children's cartoons
, senior vice president of programming. "WWE, here! and Anime bring a vast array of programming choices to our On Demand line up that only digital cable customers can access. On Demand is not available on satellite, making it even clearer why Cox is the best choice for entertainment services in our markets."

Anime Network, here! and WWE 24/7 are available to Cox Digital Cable customers on a subscription basis. Customers can control On Demand content with full DVD-like functionality including pause, fast forward and rewind.

Cox's current subscription video On Demand content includes premium channels On Demand such as:

--Starz On Demand - More than 100 movies per month including recent Hollywood blockbusters, recent hits and classic movies.

--HBO on Demand - Hundreds of movie titles including current and past episodes of HBO's popular original series including Six Feet Under, Curb your Enthusiasm and Entourage, documentaries, sports and comedy specials and exclusive access to content customers can't get anywhere else.

--Cinemax on Demand - 35 different titles every week with premieres of Hollywood's big hit movies before they are shown on linear networks.

Access to premium On Demand content is free to subscribers of the linear network(s) associated.

Entertainment on Demand from Cox Digital Cable is available to customers in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , Okla., Hampton Roads Hampton Roads, roadstead, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and 40 ft (12.2 m) deep, SE Va., through which the waters of the James, Nansemond, and Elizabeth rivers pass into Chesapeake Bay. , Va., Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , Omaha, Neb., New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt.  and Orange County, Calif.

Cox plans to offer additional free On Demand content later this year.

About Cox Communications (www.cox.com)

Cox Communications Inc. is a multi-service broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D.  with approximately 6.6 million total customers, including approximately 6.3 million basic cable subscribers. The nation's third-largest cable television provider, Cox offers analog cable television under the Cox Cable brand as well as digital video service under the Cox Digital Cable brand. Cox provides an array of other communications and entertainment services including local and long-distance telephone under the Cox Digital Telephone brand, high-speed Internet service under the Cox High Speed Internet brand, video on demand programming under the Entertainment on Demand brand, digital video recorders, high-definition television and home networking. Commercial voice and data services are offered via Cox Business Services. Local cable advertising, promotional opportunities and production services are sold under the Cox Media brand. Cox is an investor in programming services including Discovery Communications Inc. Cox Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc.
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